THE QUEST OF THE ROMANOFF TREASURE by Hammer, Armand - 1936

A Paris: Chez Agasse, An V (1797).. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. viii, 392pp. []4, A8-Z8, Aa8, Bb4. Half-title present. Third edition, published by Sophie Condorcet and Daunou. Later quarter calf over boards by GKB Pynaker, Bookbinders at the Hague, with their small bookplate. A. Martin & G. Walter, Catalogue de l'histoire de la Révolution Française 8083.

1841. 1841 Borrow, George THE ZINCALI; OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE GYPSIES OF SPAIN London: John Murray, 1841 2 volumes 750 copies printed full calf, leather spine labels stamped in gold volume one neatly rebacked with original spine and label laid back down normal rubbing on spine, edges, name on tpage, old bookplates on front pastedown pages, pasted inside the rear cover is the original old catalog listing of the set with a price set at overall a nice set.

Edward Arnold, London U.K., 1900s. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/--. 7 1/8 H x 5 1/8 W x 5/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book VERY GOOD/ Covers Good Please read my detailed description. Coated Paper. Boards and spine are blue cloth, lettering black. FRONT COVER has black embossed Britannia Seated, a depiction of what appears to be a head-on view of sailing ship sails and mast figurehead, and in black embossed lettering Arnold’s School Series, Britannia History Readers, Book II, 1s 6d (this is the price in shillings and pennies). The front cover has two bent corners one with the cloth worn and one with a small tear, some edge wear, some light soil on open side edge. The SPINE text has been worn with the years and parts are not as clear but the entire text is present and legible, the spine is worn at top and bottom with wear to the cloth on the top 1/8 inch of spine and same on bottom, the spine has a bit of edge wear to front and back edges.… Read More

Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifque Charles Bulens, Ed, 1902. First Edition. Near Fine. In French, 8vo [10x6.75in]; [1-6], 7-94 pp., [2], frontispiece image of Gerlache, image of Belgica in ice on title page, 5 maps [1 full page color, 1 full page black and white, 3 in text], 14 full page photo illustrations, 36 photo illustrations in text, 1 ship plan and 2 sketches in text, red,yellow and blue silk ribbon bookmark; Three-quarter red cloth with yellow marbled paper covers, gilt lettering and crest on front left cloth panel and spine plain, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges, typical cracks between some signatures at spine; Tipped in Brussels Book seller card. [Taurus 15, Rosove 147.C1b]. This abridged edition was issued by Bulens after sales were lagging from the true first deluxe edition issued earlier in 1902. The Hachette and G. Lebègue editions were printed later in the same year. This smaller edition was, from the Taurus, "... extracted from his… Read More

A anniversary ed. near fine paperback folio with 21 lithographs, soiling on cov. as in image, reproductions as new. Published on occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the National Uprising. 49x35cm. 1,25kg.His collection, made from life, represents the main pictorial archive of the personalities of the Greek War of Independence. Feel free to ask for more details & images. Notice:
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1841. 1841 Borrow, George THE ZINCALI; OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE GYPSIES OF SPAIN London: John Murray, 1841 2 volumes 750 copies printed full calf, leather spine labels stamped in gold volume one neatly rebacked with original spine and label laid back down normal rubbing on spine, edges, name on tpage, old bookplates on front pastedown pages, pasted inside the rear cover is the original old catalog listing of the set with a price set at overall a nice set.

Paris: Furne et Cie, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 – vii, 528 pgs. Vol 2 – 502 pgs. Vol 3 – 510 pgs. Vol 4 – 494 pgs. Text in French.6 x 9 in. Half chocolate-brown morocco with red marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and designs. Brown marble endpapers. Marbled edges to text block. Brown silk bookmark. Tissue-protected frontis illustration. Vol 4 has fold-out map at end. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Some wear to paper boards. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Large David B. Ogden bookplate on front paste down. Wear to and very small tears to corners. Very tight Vol 1 – slight damage to raised bars on spine, wear to front board.Vol 3 – tiny damage to one raised band of spine.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. Hardcover. Fair. Gift inscription signed by author on half-title page - dated March 2, 1888. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have bumping at corners and fraying at head and tail of spine. Book is cocked. Hinges are exposed. Front board partially separated from text block. 355 pp.

ANZIA YEZIERSKA: 1932, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, First Edition, 1932. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. by Chas. H. Bohn & Co. . USED. Good/ No DJ Included. About the author: "Yezierska's fiction focuses on Jewish immigrant life at the turn of the century, and she sees herself as giving voice to her people".

Frankfurt und Leipzig: Göbhardt, 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. [32], 576, [8] p., frontispiece; 21 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 a-b8 A-2N8 2O4 (4to). Full contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Paste paper endpapers. First volume of the first German edition of La Science du Gouvernement by Gaspard de Réal de Curban (1682-1752). Scarce. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at head of spine and at upper corner of back board; minor worm damage to back board; internally clean and tight.